Topics

Panthers coach Gerard Gallant has pleaded with his players to go to the net and camp out in the "blue paint,'' or crease area where goals generally occur. Gallant's pregame strategy that also included three line overhauls paid off. But he also received a couple of highlight-reel type goals as the Panthers rolled to a dominant, spirited 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night at the BB&T Center to snap a three-game slide. "It was our best 60-minute game we put together all year,'' Gallant said. "Tonight was a great performance by our group. Everything went according to plan and you couldn't draw it up any better. "I...

Related "San Jose Sharks" Articles

Panthers coach Gerard Gallant has pleaded with his players to go to the net and camp out in the "blue paint,'' or crease area where goals generally occur.Gallant's pregame strategy that also included three line overhauls paid off. But he also...

The Panthers are slowly getting their starting forwards back from injuries, as winger Sean Bergenheim is expected to play Friday against the Islanders, his former team.Bergenheim, who missed the entire lockout season of 2012-13 while recovering from...

On a night the fans acknowledged original Panthers president Bill Torrey when he was shown on the overhead scoreboard, it seemed fitting that the resurgent Islanders on the ice resembled the teams he built into a Stanley Cup dynasty in the 1980s.
...

— After morning skate Tuesday, Panthers coach Gerard Gallant was asked about the improved penalty-kill units and the overall decrease in penalties taken.
"Who knows tonight, we might go out there and take seven you never know, Gallant said....

Panthers General Manager Dale Tallon hasn't been on the West Coast trip because he attended the GM meetings in Toronto this week, where they scrapped the post-regulation ice-scraping rule before overtime and will now allow Hockey Operations to stop play...

Panthers right wing Brad Boyes played in his 700th NHL game in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
On Thursday night he will face the San Jose Sharks, the team where his NHL career began on March 7, 2004, a 4-0 loss to the Dallas Stars in...

— Apparently the Panthers know the way to San Jose and they know how to beat the Sharks when they get there.
No matter how long it takes.
Red-hot center Nick Bjugstad finished what he started with two goals, including one just 24 seconds in, and then...

It was just over two weeks ago that Panthers second-year center Nick Bjugstad was constantly being asked about the growing pressure of not scoring a goal in the season's first 10 games.
Bjugstad talked about visualization and not getting down on himself....

CORAL SPRINGS — Panthers coach Gerard Gallant has made it abundantly clear in a good-natured manner that he hates when anybody labels his four forward lines based on their prowess.
So the mere mention that his recent move of promoting gritty forward...

— Very few coaches like to change a winning lineup, so despite having Sean Bergenheim available to play against the Islanders, don't expect see him on the ice Friday night at the BB&T Center.
Bergenheim, one of the team's top six forwards, returned...

WASHINGTON, D.C. For 65 minutes the Panthers much-improved defense, particularly backup goalie Al Montoya, held Capitals stars Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom off the scoresheet.
But in the end the stars shined, each scoring shootout goals to...

Imagine a hockey game outdoors in Los Angeles.
The NHL did, and the warmest NHL regular-season game, played in Dodger Stadium last January, was a resounding success.
But this week Commissioner Gary Bettman brushed off the notion of staging a similar...

VOORHEES—It's officially over now, so here is where the Flyers get to share some secrets about their failed season.
But, truth be told, most of their flaws were right out in the open for all to see.
On Sunday night, watching Boston eliminate them from...

PITTSBURGH The circumstances were extenuating. Except, that is, for the times when they were downright excruciating. Seemed bad enough when the Penguins were forced to go with just five defensemen in what became a 3-2 shootout victory against...

PHILADELPHIA The "you never know" voices in the Sharks locker room may be a little louder after the Sharks came away with a 3-2 shootout win Saturday over the Philadelphia Flyers. A goal in the fifth round of the shootout by Brent Burns...

DETROIT This trip hasn't been kind to the San Jose Sharks, but Thursday night they showed they are not slinking off into the darkness as the season winds down. The Sharks put on a solid effort from start to finish for a 6-4 victory over the Detroit...

Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland told the Free Press Wednesday morning that forward Erik Cole will miss the next three games with an upper-body injury and will be re-evaluated next week. Cole was injured in Tuesday's 5-4 overtime loss to...

OTTAWA, Ontario Whatever playoff hopes the Sharks were still holding onto took yet another hit Monday night with a 5-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators. The Sharks offense was limited to goals 29 seconds apart in the second period by Joe Pavelski and...

MONTREAL The final two minutes had plenty of drama. A shot by Brent Burns that clanked off the post. Another 16 seconds later by Logan Couture that appeared to beat Montreal goalie Carey Price before deflecting away off the knob of his stick. Had...

MONTREAL Had Brent Burns shot in the game's final two minutes gone off the post and in the net, the Sharks would likely have pulled at least a point out Saturday night. But it didn't, the Sharks lost 2-0 to the Montreal Canadiens and now San Jose...